Our Speakers - GWF 2023 Speakers & their Profiles

Speakers

Plenary User Organizations National Geospatial & Space Agencies Regional & Multilateral Agencies Technology & Solution Providers Research Institutions Professional Bodies, Consultants, Investors

Plenary

Moderator

Alain De Taeye

Member of the Management Board
TomTom
The Netherlands

Moderator

Ananya Narain

Vice President - Commercial Consulting
Geospatial World
India

Andy Sriubas

Chief Commercial Officer
OUTFRONT Media
USA

Babatunde David Aremu

Founder
The Geospatial Hub
Nigeria

Basanta Shrestha

Former Director of Strategic Cooperation
ICIMOD
Nepal

BVR Mohan Reddy

Founder Chairman
Cyient
India

Christine Najar

Project Coordinator
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Switzerland

Dean Angelides

Corporate Director, International
Esri
USA

Moderator

Dr. Greg Scott

Inter-Regional Advisor
UNGGIM
United Nations

Erik Josefsson

CEO
R-evolution
Sweden

Frank Tierolff

Chair Executive Board
Kadaster
The Netherlands

Geert De Coensel

CEO
Merkator
Belgium

Heriberto Saldivar Massimi

Head of the Foresight, Strategy and Coordination Department
European Space Agency
France

Johny Welle

Director General
Norwegian Mapping Authority
Norway

Mark Boggett

CEO
Seraphim Space
UK

Moderator

Mark Reichardt

Senior Consultant - Geospatial Policy and Technology
Geospatial World
USA

Miriam Daniel

VP & GM Google Maps for Consumers
Google
USA

Moderator

Nadine Alameh

CEO
Open Geospatial Consortium
USA

Nigel Clifford

Deputy Chairman
Geospatial Commission
UK

Patty Mims

Director of Global National Government
Esri
USA

Paul Becker

President
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG)
Germany

Rob van de Velde

Director
Geonovum
The Netherlands

Moderator

Ronda Schrenk

CEO
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
USA

Moderator

Sanjay Kumar

CEO
Geospatial World
India

Scott Crozier

Vice President, Survey & Mapping
Trimble
USA

Sean Wiid

CEO
UP42
Germany

Serge Lupas

CEO
Cyclomedia
The Netherlands

Yasmeen Al Hashmi

Director, Spatial Data
Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport
UAE

User Organizations

Abdelrahman Abou Hadid

Digital Transformation Manager
Mace
UAE

Abhijit Akerkar

Managing Director, Risk Services
Swiss Re
UK

Adel Alqulaiti

Land Affairs Rep
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia

Agustin Roldan Hernandez

BIM Manager
TYPSA Group
Spain

Ahmed Al Fazari

GIS Specialist
Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zone
Sultanate of Oman

Ajay K. Gupta

Founder & CEO
HSR.health
USA

Allan Maungu

GIS Systems Developer
Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
Kenya

Amr Raafat

Chief Innovation Officer
Windover Construction
USA

Amy Coughenour Betancourt

CEO
CADASTA Foundation
USA

Andre Brosowski

Chief Sustainability Officer
CERQ
Germany

Andrea Picchi

Head of Design
Kroo Bank
UK

Andreas Littkopf

Manager - The European Topic Center Data integration and digitalization
European Environment Agency
Austria

Andres Maremae

Head of GIS, Strategic Management Office
City of Tallinn
Estonia

Andrew Trigg

Chief Geospatial & Data Officer
HM Land Registry
UK

Andrie Singh

Product Manager
Jio Platforms Limited
India

Anna Baecklund

Head of Data Science
ICA Sverige AB
Sweden

Anthony Tuffour

Director - GIS and Digital Twins
BuroHappold Engineering
UK

Asmaa Abouleish

BIM Manager
EGIS Group
UAE

Bharadwaj Pulugundla

Business Development Partner
Verizon Business Group
Netherlands

Bhavyata Jethva

Secretary, National Director
River Rejuvenation Projects, VVKI, The Art of Living
India

Carlo Cipolloni

Information System & INSPIRE Unit Head
ISPRA DG-SINA (Division for the National Environmental Information System)
Italy

Chiranjit Guha

Principal Consultant, Analytics
Foundation for Ecological Security
India

Chris Weller

Head of Catastrophe Modelling
Inigo Insurance
UK

Claudius Lieven

Head of Stadtwerkstatt
Hamburg Department of Urban Development and Housing
Germany

Clinton Heimann

Deputy Director General, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
National Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development
South Africa

Colin Newman

Director of Antenna Business Development
Quectel
UK

Darin Welch

Associate Vice President -Technology Solutions Center
HNTB
USA

Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop

Chief Geography Division
U.S. Census Bureau
USA

Demetrio Migliorati

Head of Innovation
Banca Mediolanum
Italy

Dmytro Makarenko

Deputy Chairman
StateGeoCadastre
Ukraine

Dr. Bandar Saleh Almuslmani

Advisor to the Minister
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Saudi Arabia

Dr. Hala Bayoumi

Head of Digital Humanities Department
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
France

Edward Anderson

Digital Earth Partnership Program Lead
The World Bank

Emanuele Colonnella

Innovation Activation Manager
Generali
Italy

Esther Obaikol

Coordinator Land Governance
IGAD
Djibouti

Fourat Haider

Network Strategy and Architecture Manager
Three UK
UK

Gary Cowan

Head of Digital Construction/VDC
Kane Group
Northern Ireland

Georgios Floros

Program Manager
Skanska
UK

Gladis Araujo

VP Global Quality Systems & Supply Chain
Mattel
The Netherlands

Hesham Gamal Gaafar

Digital Twin & GIS Manager
Gleeds
Egypt

Jagdish Narayanan

CIO
Reliance Jio Payments Bank
India

Jean Felipe Teotonio

Lead Public Health Analyst
HSR.health
USA

Jones Ofori-Boadu

Deputy Executive Secretary - Corporate Services
Land Commissions
Ghana

Kacy Harding

Former VP
Culligan International & Philips
The Netherlands

Krishen Joshi

Head of Marketing Science
Mindshare
UK

Loh Teck Hee

Group Director - Design and Planning Lab
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Singapore

Marc Carolus

SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products
Mastercard
Germany

Marino Cavallo

Head Innovation
Metropolitan City of Bologna
Italy

Mario Matthys

VR/AR/3D Coordinator
City of Ghent
Belgium

Mark Graham

Executive Director, Design Engineering Management
Roshn
Saudi Arabia

Maroale Martha Chauke

Director - National Spatial Information Framework
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
South Africa

Mayank Singh

Chief Digital Officer & VP - Marketing, Digital Business and IT
Domino's Indonesia
Indonesia

Mohamed Amine Ben Rhaiem

Head of department, geospatial application development and scientific methodologies
National Centre of Mapping and Remote Sensing (CNCT)
Tunisia

Mr. Buyandelger Myagmarsuren

Centre for Policy Research & Analysis
Mangolia

Mr. Joseph Tenywa

Head ICT
National Planning Authority (NPA)
Uganda

Najya Sultan AlHajri

GIS Specialist
Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zone
Sultanate of Oman

Niels Reyngoud

Program Manager, Implementation Asset Management and BIM
Department of Roads and Traffic, Province of Gelderland
The Netherlands

Nollie Maoto

Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Merchant Services
First National Bank
South Africa

Nuno Correia

Head of Sustainability
WilkinsonEyre
UK

Olive Powell

Head of Geography & Geospatial
Office for National Statistics
UK

Paul Janssen

Expert Geo-standards
Geonovum
The Netherlands

Paula Dijkstra

Director
Kadaster International
The Netherlands

Paulus Eckhardt

Director-Digitalization
VolkerWessels
Netherlands

Phil Cottle

Head of Forestry
ForestRe
UK

Pranav Saxena

VP Product
Flipkart
India

Rahma Al Balushi

GIS Specialist
Oman Electricity Transmission Company
Oman

Rahul Kapoor

Director - Smart Cities Mission
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
India

Raitis Busmanis

Head of VDC
Rail Baltica
Latvia

Rakesh Rana

Head of Data
Haypp Group
Sweden

Raphaele Heno

Head of Innovation
IGN
France

Ravi Shankar

GIS Head
WHO
Switzerland

Roeland Allewijn

Chief Data Officer
Ministry of Water and Infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat)
The Netherlands

Roland van der Heijden

Program manager - Digital City Rotterdam
Municipality of Rotterdam
Netherlands

Russell Peterson

E-commerce Manager
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
USA

Saiful Nizam Mustafa

Manager Geomatics
PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd
Malaysia

Sanjay Kolte

CEO
Pune Smart City
India

Sharad Ughade

Director (Information Technology) & Assistant Commissioner D ward
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
India

Sim Choon Cheak

VP II, Agronomy & Precision Agriculture
Sime Darby Plantation Research
Malaysia

Simone De Gale

CEO
Simone de Gale Architects
UK

Tessa Eikelboom

Team Leader
Ministry of Water and Infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat)
The Netherlands

Tina Thomson

Head of Catastrophe Analytics EMEA WS
Gallagher Re
UK

Tomaz Sturm

Undersecretary, Telecommunications
Agency for Communication Networks and Services
Slovenia

Vaidas Ulenskas

GIS Team Leader
Rail Baltica
Latvia

Vipul Parekh

Co-Founder & CMO
BigBasket
India

Wajdi Mereb

Senior Manager BIM
Miral
UAE

Yanqing Zeng

Lead Data Scientist
JLL
France

Yousef Al-Ghassab

Land Affairs Rep
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia

National Geospatial & Space Agencies

Azlikamil Napiah

Director General
Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA)
Malaysia

Benjamin Wuerzler

Innovation Manager
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy
Germany

Bernard Liew Chau Min

Director
Sabah Lands And Surveys Department
Malaysia

Carsten Ronsdorf

Strategic Propositions Manager
Ordnance Survey
UK

David Henderson

Chief Geospatial Officer
Ordnance Survey
UK

Donna Lyndsay

Strategic Market Lead - Environment and Sustainability
Ordnance Survey
UK

Dr. Antti Jakobsson

Chief Engineer
National Land Survey
Finland

Dr. Karsten Pippig

Project Coordinator
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Switzerland

Dr. Michael Tischler

Director of the National Geospatial Program (NGP)
U.S Geological Survey (USGS)
USA

Gunter Schreier

Deputy Director
German Remote Sensing Data Center, DLR

Hazel Hendley

Director of People
Ordnance Survey
UK

Jani Kylmaaho

Director of Development and Digitalization
National Land Survey of Finland
Finland

Maria Ovdii

Head Geodesy, Mapping and Geoinformation Department
Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre
Moldova

Michelle Odgers

Earth Observation Data Lead
UK Space Agency
UK

Nathalie Delattre

Senior Manager
National Geographic Institute
Belgium

Rollo Home

Head of Product
Ordnance Survey
UK

Shinichi Sobue

Deputy Chief Officer of Earth Observation Applications
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan

Tatiya Chuentragun

Deputy Executive Director
GISTDA
Thailand

Thalia Baldwin

Director
Geospatial Commission
UK

Tomaz Petek

General Manager
Surveying and Mapping Authority
Republic of Slovenia

Regional & Multilateral Agencies

Alina Game

GIS Expert
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Switzerland

Aster Denekew Yilma

Geographic Information Officer
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Ethiopia

Colin Bray

CEO, Ordnance Survey Ireland
President, EuroGeographics

Einar Bjorgo

Director, United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)
UNITAR
Switzerland

Francesca Adrienne

Project Manager
UNDP
Mauritius

Francesca Elisa Leonelli

Earth Observation Green Transition Data Application Scientist
European Space Agency
Italy

Francesco Pignatelli

Strategic Advisor
European Commission - DG JRC

Gianluigi Baldesi

Senior Commercialisation Officer
European Space Agency
Italy

Nicolaus Hanowski

Head, Mission Management & Ground Segments Department
Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency
Italy

Oscar Rojas

Natural Resources Officer
Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO)
Italy

Sami Murphy

Program Manager
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Innovation Cell
USA

Simon Kay

Dep Head of Unit
European Commission, DG Climate Action
Belgium

Victoria Persson

Project Manager - Data Access and Integration
EuroGeographics
France

Technology & Solution Providers

Aaron Su

Software Engineer
Element 84
USA

Abhinandan Arya

VP, Head of Technology - Solutions
Synspective
Japan

Abigail Coholic

Senior Director - Channel Partnerships
Ecopia AI
Canada

Adam Box

Business Development Manager EMEA
Topcon Positioning Group
UK

Ajay Goyal

CEO
FORESTSAT
Norway

Albert Momo

Vice President
Trimble

Alberto Meroni

Business Development Manager, Europe
Esri
Italy

Alex Gow

Sales Director
SatelliteVu
UK

Alex Sweeney

Senior Geospatial Data Analyst
Locana
USA

An Heirman

Team Lead
GIM, a Merkator company
Belgium

Ana Puttonen

Software Support Engineer
Terrasolid
Finland

Andrea Krupa

President
PhotoSat
Canada

Andreas Gerster

VP, SW Technology
Hexagon Geosystems
Germany

Antoine Lefebvre

CEO
KERMAP
France

Apurva Kumar

CEO
CITYDATA.ai
USA

Asif Khan

Founder and CEO GroundLevel Insights and Founder LBMA
Canada

Awais Ahmed

CEO
Pixxel
USA

Boudewijn Van Silfhout

CEO
eLEAF
The Netherlands

Brent Jones

Global Manager
Land Records/Cadastre, Esri
USA

Brooke Hatcher

Geospatial Data Lead
New Light Technologies
USA

Carsten Szameitat

Sr. Director Global Partnerships
Svarmony
Germany

Chad Meley

CMO
Kinetica
USA

Charles Brigham

Account Executive
Esri

Christian Beilschmidt

Co-Founder
Geo Engine GmbH
Germany

Christopher Thein

Founder and CEO
EOI Space
USA

Clint Graumann

CEO
NUVIEW, Inc
USA

Dan Culli

GIS Consultant
Locana/TEAM2100
UK

David Monetti

CEO
Skyability GmbH
Austria

Denise McKenzie

Partner, Community & Ethics
PLACE
UK

Dietrich Heintz

Founder & CEO
cropix
Switzerland

Dr. Beth Crane

VP, Data Operations
DataPlor
US

Dr. Jill Saligoe-Simmel

Principal Product Manager
Esri
USA

Dr. Simon Musaeus

Vice President, Geospatial Content Solutions
Hexagon
Spain

Dr. Siva Ravada

Vice President of Development
Oracle
US

Dr. Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse

Director, Advisory & Innovation
AAM, a Woolpert Company
Australia

Dylan Murphy

Director of Product Management
Ocient
USA

Ed Parsons

Geospatial Technologist
Google Inc.
UK

Eduard Roccatello

CTO
3DGIS srl
Italy

Ellen Klingelhoeffer

Solutions Specialist
Trimble
Germany

Federico Franciamore

GIS & Remote Sensing Specialist/Project Leader
Space4Good B.V
Netherlands

Fernanda Ledo

EMEA Sales Director
Satellogic
Spain

Frederic Jacon

Branch Manager
Camptocamp
France

George Georgiopoulos

Chief Commercial Officer
Ariadne Maps
Switzerland

Glenn Cockerton

Managing Director
Spatial Vision
Australia

Gosia Wrzesinska

CEO
Coders Co.
The Netherlands

Hannah Babineau

Head of Partnerships
The Data Appeal Company
Italy

Hannah Brocke

Chief Strategy Officer
Planblue
Germany

Henk Scholten

Director Innovation
Geodan
The Netherlands

Ivos Gajdorus

Co-founder & CEO
Mapotic
Czech Republic

Jason Arnold

Distinguished Engineer
Ocient
USA

Javier Alexander Santos

Business Development Manager
GeoSAT
Spain

Jeroen Brouwer

Senior Manager, Customer Program Management
TomTom
The Netherlands

Julia Gottfriedsen

Data Science Team Lead
OroraTech GmbH
Germany

Kimberly Slaughter

CEO
Systra USA
USA

Laura Lorenzo

CEO & Founder
Green City Makers
Portugal

Laxmi Balami

Software Engineer
LiveEO GmbH
Germany

Maarit Kahila

CEO
Maptionnaire
Finland

Mahsa Taheran

Satellite Ground Segment Systems Engineer
ConstellR
Germany

Marc Goldman

Director - AEC Industry Solutions
Esri
USA

Marcos Martinez

Secretary General
EAASI
Spain

Mariam Crichton

CEO & Co-founder
7 Satya
UK

Mark Cygan

Director of National Mapping Solutions
Esri
USA

Markus Koper

Business Development Manager
Trimble
Germany

Matteo Emanuelli

Manager Future SAR Programs
Airbus Defence and Space
Germany

Max Kampen

Remote Sensing Engineer
Sentinel Hub
Austria

Michael Ashmore

Sr Director, Product Management
Precisely
USA

Michael Breetzke

Director, Business Development
Swift Geospatial
South Africa

Morad Mokhtari

Sales Engineer
Trimble
Germany

Motoyuki Arai

CEO
Synspective
Japan

Nathan Vercruyssen

Senior Scientist Engineer
cosine
The Netherlands

Neena Priyanka

Product Manager-Location Intelligence
Precisely
India

Nick Blenkarn

Non Exec Director
The Severn Partnership Ltd
UK

Nicolai Holzer

EMEA Sales Engineer
L3Harris
Germany

Nikolas Smilovsky

Geospatial Solutions Director
Bad Elf
USA

Nikolaus Studnicka

Terrestrial Laser Scanning Business Division Manager
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
Austria

Pascal Van Dalen

Chief Growth Officer
Picterra
Switzerland

Patrick Mottram

Senior Director of Product
Precisely
USA

Peter Rieger

Airborne Laser Scanning Business Division Manager
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH
Austria

Pooja Mahapatra

Global Lead - Geospatial for Climate
Fugro
The Netherlands

Prashant Alatgi

Owner
Prashant Advanced Survey LLP
India

Prateep Basu

CEO
SatSure
India

Robert Carroll

VP, Products and Business Operations
Vexcel Imaging
USA

Roland Degelmann

CEO
Takatoa
Germany

Ronald van Coevorden

Senior Key Account Manager
Trimble
The Netherlands

Sesillia Pongoh

CEO - Founder
Locator Logic Solutions
Indonesia

Shravan Shah

Director
TM Systems BV
Netherlands

Solange Uwera

Sr. Geospatial Analyst
Satellogic
Spain

Sri Krishna Hari

Head of GIS / Staff Engineer
Beans.ai
USA

Steffen Kuhn

Head of Consulting
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
Germany

Steven McArdle

Chief Innovation Officer
VeriDaaS Corporation
Canada

Suyash Singh

Co-Founder & CEO
GalaxEye

Taouss Abdelali

CEO
Geosphere
Morocco

Taras Matselyukh

CEO and Founder
OPT / NET BV
The Netherlands

Timothy Fella

Team Lead, Geospatial Authorities
Esri

Yury Sakovich

Business Development Manager
Trimble
Germany

Research Institutions

Adam Redhead

Program Director of Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness
Andrew College
USA

Ann Johnson

Associate Director, GeoTech Center
Jefferson Community and Technical College
USA

Chuen-Fa Ni

Professor and Director
Center for Environmental Studies, National Central University
Taiwan R.O.C.

Dean Page

Postgraduate Researcher
University of Hull
UK

Dimitrios Mentis

Project Lead for Energy Access Explorer
World Resources Institute
Kenya

Elnazir Ramadan

Associate Professor
Sultan Qaboos Universty
Oman

Johannes Rahlfs

Research and Development Scientist
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Norway

Karen Van Ruiten

Director
Institute for Positive Health
The Netherlands

Kiruba Krishnaswamy

Assistant Professor (Sustainable Food Systems Engineering)
University of Missouri-Columbia
USA

Parthasarathy Subashini

Professor of Computer Science
Avinashilingam University for Women
India

Philipp Meschenmoser

Research Associate
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Switzerland

Vinay Kellengere Shankarnarayan

Assistant Professor
RV Institute of Management
India

Professional Bodies, Consultants, Investors

Alexandru Morcov

Expert Coordinator
Congress of Local Authorities from Moldova (CALM)
Republic of Moldova

Alexis Conte

Senior Consultant
Euroconsult
France

Aravind Ravichandran

Founder
TerraWatch Space
France

Barbara Ryan

Executive Director
World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC)
USA

Caroline Robinson

Strategic Opportunities Manager
British Cartographic Society
UK

Clive Billiald

Chief Executive
buildingSMART International
UK

Dr. Benedikt Graler

ExCom Member
EUROGI, DDGI | 52°North GmbH
Germany

Dr. Shivangi Somvanshi

Director - GKI
Geospatial World
India

Eduard Loscos

President
Building Digital Twin Association
Spain

Emmanuel Pajot

Secretary General
EARSC

Francesca Noardo

Innovation Project Manager
Open Geospatial Consortium
Belgium

Francesca Piatto

Project Officer
European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)

Golgi Alvarez

Founder & Editor
Geofumadas
Colombia

Ignasi Perez Arnal

CEO
BIM Academy
Spain

Ingo Simonis

Chief Technology Innovation officer
Open Geospatial Consortium
Germany

John Kedar

Strategic Advisor, Geospatial Infrastructure
Geospatial World
UK

Kalaiselvan Baskaran

Functional Consultant - BIM
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
India

Lena Halounova

President
ISPRS

Monica Miguel-Lago

Senior Project Manager
European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC)
Belgium

Nelson Ogunshakin

CEO
International Federation of Consulting Engineers
Switzerland

Pieter van Teeffelen

Director
digiGO
The Netherlands

Piotr Zaborowski

Program Manager Innovation Europe
Open Geospatial Consortium
Poland

Rhian French

Director
Three Trees and a Map PR
UK

Ries Bode

Pogramme Director, DSGO
digiGO
The Netherlands

Simon Navin

EDI Council Chair
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
UK

Sylvain Drilholle

Senior Consultant
Euroconsult
France